Towel holder



' J. s. BEAR TOWEL HOLDER May 5, w35,

Filed Dec. 9, 1933 A TTORNE Y.

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Patented May 5, 1936 TQWEL HOLDER.

Joseph S. Bear, Detroit, Mich., assigner of onethird to Evelyn Schreiber, Detroit, Mich.

Application December 9, 1933, Serial No. 701,669

1 Claim.

This invention relates to towel holders and the object of the invention is to provide a towel holder by which a towel may be iirrnly and securely gripped and which will prevent the towel from being torn in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a towel holder comprising a pair of pivoted arms, one of said arms being provided with a rubber cup and the other arm being provided with a button, the arrangement being such that the towel may be gripped between the button and the rubber cup and means being provided to press the arms together to i'lrmly hold the towel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a towel holder in which the arms are formed from sheet metal bent to U-shape in cross section and provided with depressions in the outer surfaces, the end of one arm being semi-spherical in form to which a rubber cup is secured and the end of the other arm being semi-circular in form to which the button is secured and a link being provided extending about both arms and movable into the dep-ressions to press the button into the rubber cup.

These objects and the several novel features of the invention are hereinafter more fully described and claimed and the preferred form of construction by which these objects are attained is shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevation oi the device.

Fig. 2 is a section through the device taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

The device comprises a plate having an upper fiat portion I provided with an outwardly bent portion 2 from which a sloping portion 3 extends downwardly and back to the plane of the portion I and terminates in a portion e extending in the same plane as the portion I. The portion 3 is provided with an opening 5 into which the cap end of a. bottle may be inserted and the portion 3 adjacent the opening 5 is provided with a thinner lip 5 adapted to engage under the edge of the bottle cap i' as shown in Fig. 2. This lip Gris formed by beveling the metal slightly adjacent the opening 5. With the cap i engaged on the lip I5, the lip 6 will engage three or i'our of the notches in the edge of the standard cap so that by lifting the bottle from the position shown in 2 toward the horizontal position the cap is removed from the top of the bottle. The opening 5 is just wide enough to receive the bottle cap and the opposite ends of the opening 5 engage the sides of the cap while the topi portions of the opening 5 engage the upper surface of the cap and prevent the bottle from being moved further into the opening 5.

This arrangement prevents the user from getting too much of the bottle neck into the opening and breaking off the bottle neck and insures that the cap only will be engaged by the lip 6. In moving the bottle from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the horizontal position, the cap is removed and, at the same time, the neck of the bottle is directed toward the wall 8 so that should the contents of the bottle be too effervescent the contents of the bottle will discharge toward the wall 8 instead of into the face of the user.

Mounted on the upper portion I of the plate is a bracket t in which a cork screw l is pivotally mounted and the upper end of the cork screw is secured within a member Il which is also pivotally mounted on the pin I2 of the bracket 9. This bracket Si is provided with a cross piece I3 while the member II is provided with an extending end It, so that by pushing back on the extending end It of the member Il the cork Ill is moved to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The portion 2 is provided with a notch l into which the end of the cork screw drops when not in use so as to protect and guard the end of the cork screw. This notch l5 also opens into the aperture 5 and the notch i5 provides a support for a bottle neck which may be laid therein and rotated to 'thread it onto the cork screw when the cork screw is in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this use, the angular flange 2 forms a support for a bottle neck when laid thereon and the notch I5 v forms a recess into which the bottle neck may be readily positioned and acts as a guide for the bottle neck. The screws I6 by which the plate is secured in position are each provided with a metal cap l1 which is pressed over the heads of the screws after the screws have been threaded into place and prevents anyoney from removing the screws in order to take the device.

The portion l of the plate is provided with a struck-out lug I8 having an aperture in which a link I9 is pivotally mounted. Pivotally supported on the link I9 is an arm 2l! of the towel holder which is formed of sheet metal of channel shape and is provided with a semi-spherical metal end 2l in which a soft rubber cup 22 is secured.

The member is provided with raised lugs sheet metal arm is pivotally mounted on the pivot pin 2t.

This arm at the end carries a hard rubber button 26 which is secured thereto by the rivet 21 and a link 28 is slidable longitudinally of the arms 20 and 25 and may be engaged inthe diierent notches 29 as shown.

In use, the link 28 is moved upwardly to allow the members 22 and 26 to be separated and the end of a towel to be positioned therebetween. When the towel is positioned, the two arms 20 and 25 are moved together to engage the towel between the soft rubber member 22 and the hard rubber member 26 and the link 28 is moved downwardly to position to put a pressure on the arms and bindingly hold the towel in position. By means of the soft rubber cup and the hard rubber button 26, edges are provided on the button which tend to engage and rmly hold the towel against the rubber cup and prevent the towel from tearing. As the link I9 is pivotally mounted in the lug I8 and the arm 20 is pivotally mounted on the link i9, the towel and holder may be readily moved in any direction and, at the same time, the bottles may be opened and wiped off with the towel before serving.

. From the foregoing description it becomes evident that the device is very simple and efcient in operation, will not easily get out of order, is composed of few parts and is of consequent low manufacturing cost and provides a device which accomplishes the objects described.

Having thus fully described my invention, its utility and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is- In a towel holder, a bracket adapted for attachment to a wall, a link connected to the bracket, an arm connected to the link, the arm being formed of sheet metal and being U-shaped in cross section and provided with a pair of extending lugs intermediate its ends, the end of the arm opposite the link being semi-spherical in form, a soft rubber cup secured in the semispherical end of said arm, a second arm formed of sheet metal substantially U-shaped in cross section and provided with a pair of lugs at one end, the lugs of the second arm iitting between the lugs of the rst arm, a pivot pin extending through the lugs of both arms, the end of the second arm opposite the pivot being semi-circular in form, a button secured to the said end of the second arm, the second arm being turnabile on the pivot pin to position the button in the cup, both arms being provided with a series of depressions in the outer surfaces thereof and a link extending about both arms and movable longitudinally thereof into the different depressions to press the button into the cup.

JOSEPH S. BEAR. 

